{"id":24272,"date":"2017-10-19T15:21:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T19:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=24272"},"modified":"2017-10-19T15:21:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T19:21:23","slug":"where-youll-find-me-next-month-at-chessiecon-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/19\/where-youll-find-me-next-month-at-chessiecon-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Where you’ll find me next month at Chessiecon 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

The program<\/a> for next month’s Chessiecon<\/a> has just been posted. Which means …<\/p>\n

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… now you know where you can find me!<\/p>\n

Here’s what I’ll be doing there—<\/p>\n

Emotionally Engaging Modern Readers with Futuristic Characters<\/strong>
\nFriday, November 24, 5:30 PM-6:30 p.m. <\/em>
\nHow can writers create characters who exist in far-flung places and times and make them relatable for readers of our own times? How can the writer evoke sympathy and understanding (or hatred and disdain, as the story and character requires)? If “human nature” is, for the purposes of a particular SF\/F work, imagined differently, reinterpreted, or done away with altogether, how does that happen without losing the interest of potential readers?
\nwith D.H. Aire, Carl Cipra, Mary Fan, Andrew Hiller<\/em><\/p>\n

Reading<\/strong>
\nFriday, November 24, 9:45 PM-10:15 p.m<\/em>.
\nI’ll read the opening section of “How Val Finally Escaped from the Basement,” a short story appearing this month in Analog<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Psychology of Fear: Why Do We Love Horror?<\/strong>
\nSaturday, November 25, 12:30 PM – 01:30 p.m. <\/em>
\nPanelists will discuss the enduring quality of horror tales. Why do we love being scared when the world is already a pretty darn scary place?
\nwith Margaret Carter, Meg Eden, Meg Nicholas, Jay Smith<\/em><\/p>\n

How The Twilight Zone<\/em> Embraced ‘Less is More’<\/strong>
\nSaturday, November 25, 6:45 PM-7:45 p.m.<\/em>
\nIn 1959, Rod Sterling’s television anthology The Twilight Zone<\/em> engrossed audiences with thrilling stories of all sorts. In 2017, many episodes of the five-season series and its various spin-offs are still intense, captivating, and even scary, often thanks to the show’s ability to say as much as possible with very few special effects. Our panelists talk about their favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone<\/em> and how the minimalist style made it more effective and memorable.
\nwith Elektra Hammond, Steve Kozeniewski, Karen MacLeod, Alanna Morland<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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If you’re also be at Chessiecon, stop by and say hi!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The program for next month’s Chessiecon has just been posted. Which means … … now you know where you can find me! Here’s what I’ll be doing there— Emotionally Engaging Modern Readers with Futuristic Characters Friday, November 24, 5:30 PM-6:30 p.m. How can writers create characters who exist in far-flung places and times and make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[773,622],"class_list":["post-24272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chessiecon","tag-cons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24272"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24282,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24272\/revisions\/24282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}